Asian markets settled mostly higher on Monday, tracking Wall Street’s gains last Friday as concerns over a possible recession in the United States eased following better-than-expected unemployment data. Meanwhile investors were awaited more cues from key US inflation and retail sales data due later in the week for further insight into the health of the world’s biggest economy. However, some gains were limited by growing tensions in the Middle East. Japanese market was closed for Mountain Day holiday in Japan.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,858.20 | -3.99 | -0.14 |
| Hang Seng | 17,111.65 | 21.42 | 0.13 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,297.62 | 40.62 | 0.56 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,606.66 | 10.61 | 0.66 |
| Nikkei 225 | -- | -- | -- |
| Straits Times | 3,235.38 | -26.45 | -0.82 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,618.30 | 29.87 | 1.14 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 21,773.26 | 304.26 | 1.40 |
